Recent content by psteichen

Interesting. I might give that a try. The dirt that got in is mostly clay, which would break down and become suspended in water and the run back out. Maybe a syringe with a small needle could create a targeted stream with some velocity.

Update: I finally had time to sit down with the damaged bird again to see what I could do. I had cleaned most of the mud from her shortly after the crash, including disassembling the motors to get all the mud out. But the gimbal area was still packed with clay, so I started there. After removing...

I have one picture of the failed prop hub still attached to the wreckage. Unfortunately I didn't take other photos.

Wasn't me, I wouldn't risk crashing my Mavic, but it's a fun video to watch especially the ending

For some reason the video won't play on the forum ...on my phone anyway. So if you can't see it, paste this link in your browser: www.facebook.com/dronesaresuperb/videos/1757294267687089/

Thanks for the advice I ended up getting some Arctic MX-4. Hopefully that will do it.

I haven't had much time to work on it yet. Got most of the mud off, but still haven't looked into the big issue....what it will take to get the gimbal/camera back in shape.

Did you find a good paste? I've replaced computer heatsyncs, but the paste there is very thin. The factory stuff on this was pretty thick and clay-like, and stands over a millimeter thick which is crazy thick in the world of computer processors.

Thanks for the advice! I began cleaning it up last night. Got the mud out of most of it, but ran out of time and will have to shelve it till middle of next week. Two questions: First, there is mud crammed through the screen of one of the ultrasonic sensors. Do you have any good tricks for...

Thunder Drones Is this the guy? Couldn't find a website.

Thanks Bud. At least I know I didn't do anything terribly wrong to deserve this, and I know for future reference that I need to be meticulous about checking the prop hubs (that's where it failed). Maybe replacing them every 15-20 flights or so wouldn't be a bad idea anyway considering the cost...

This is the DAT file from my phone. I'm afraid to power up the Mavic in its current condition to get the DAT file off of it directly. I want to get the mud out of the motors first, and disconnect the gimbal. This file is not a real ZIP. I renamed it because the forum blocked me from uploading a...

I'll try to figure out how to get the DAT file off the Mavic in the morning. Good idea.

Prop Failure by psteichen posted Jul 26, 2018 at 11:25 PMThis is what's left of the one missing prop, which I could not find at the crash site. Hub still attached to the motor. Prop failure almost certainly...triggered for whatever reason by the additional load as it engaged in Sport mode. The...